britain, having just won its wars for colonial supremacy,
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EVENTS LEADING TO DECLARING INDEPENDENCE . ENDURING UNDERSTANDING 1. Britain, having just won its wars for colonial supremacy, needed money and wanted to reestablish authority. ENDURING UNDERSTANDING 2. “No taxation without representation” = Colonial British subjects - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Britain, having just won its wars for colonial supremacy, needed money and wanted to reestablish authority
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING 1
“No taxation without representation” = Colonial British subjectsdid not feel they were being treated as equally as mainland subjects
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING 2
EVENTS LEADING TO DECLARING INDEPENDENCE
Most colonists did not view any one of these events as being a reason enough to revolt. Over time, though, they all lead to general sense of anger.
• Colonists were printing paper money
• English creditors feared colonists would pay debts with worthless paper money
• Colonists were angry!
• All colonies were affected by this act
Currency Act of 1765
• Colonial rum distillers smuggling molasses and bribing customs officials
• Parliament wanted to raise money to defray expenses for protecting the colonies and end bribing and smuggling
• Colonists feared rum trade and New England economy would be ruined
• Mostly impacted New England
Sugar Act of 1764
• England continued to need money!
• Parliament – it’s a good source of revenue and covered many common items
• Colonists feared they were being denied the right of being taxed by their own
• All colonies were affected by this act
Stamp Act of 1765
• Britain needed to support its troops in America
• Parliament – wanted colonists to help pay for their protection
• Colonists –thought troops were oppressive and wanted representation!
• All colonies were affected by this act
Quartering Act of 1765
• Chancellor Exchequer Townshend wanted to find new income for England
• Parliament – these duties were a way to impose more control in colonies
• Colonists – began writing pamphlets; public protests
• First in New York and Boston and then ALL!
Townshend Duties of 1767
• British East India Company is in financial trouble
• Parliament – gave a monopoly to the company in all colonies
• Colonists – couldn’t import tea; lead to Boston Tea Party
• Boston and then all colonies
Tea Act of 1773
• Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
• Parliament – wanted to punish Boston and Massachusetts
• Colonists – established Committees of correspondence
• Boston symbolized the fight for freedom
Intolerable Acts of 1774